“when a great war has cut off the young men of a nation it never can be told thereafter what losses of scholars, poets, thinkers and great designers the country and the world have suffered.” MenWorldWarCountryYoungNationsLossCuttingPoetYoung ManDesignerThinkerScholarGreat War Author:James Vila Blake
“Living is the original art. As a young man I wanted to be a poet and I learned along the way that I already was a poet.” MenWayArtWantedYoungPoetOriginalsYoung ManOriginal Art Author:Mark Nepo
“The ideal audience the poet imagines consists of the beautiful who go to bed with him, the powerful who invite him to dinner and tell him secrets of state, and his fellow-poets. The actual audience he gets consists of myopic schoolteachers, pimply young men who eat in cafeterias, and his fellow-poets. This means, in fact, he writes for his fellow-poets.” MenWritingMeanStatesFactsBeautifulYoungPowerfulSecretAudienceImaginePoetBedIdealsFellowsDinnerYoung ManInvitesCafeteriaMyopic Author:W. H. Auden